In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the countryside reached the king by means of signal fires. On one mountaintop after another, a fire was lit when all was well. If the king did not see a fire, that meant trouble, and he would send out his army. When his father is unable to light the fire one night, young Sang-hee must take his place. Sang-hee knows how important it is for the fire to be lit, but he wishes that he could see soldiers just once.

• ISBN: 9780618133376
• Author: Park, Linda Sue
• Illustrator: Downing, Julie
• Published: 2004 , Clarion Books
• Themes: 19th Century, fire, responsibility
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40